343 Pacific Amphitheatre Tips

Parking at the OC Fair - the VIP parking tickets were further away than where I parked for $10 (about 1/4 of the VIP price). Even with the hot and humid July days a cool evening breeze blew through the amphitheater and most of us put on light jackets into the performance.

Don't take kids. Security does not remove drunk, boorish guests. Even a family-friendly event like the 4th of July Symphonic Springsteen was uncomfortable for families because of the way the drunks were allowed to holler vugarities over the music and smoke.

Symphonic Springsteen

Dianne McArthur Adams

Dianne McArthur Adams

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9 stars

Get there early. Huge numbers of Will Call tickets are dispensed through far too view Will Call windows. Plan to spend half an hour in line. Plan for another 10-20 minutes in line for metal detectors and bag searches. If you choose to go to the picnic area, be advised that it is outside the venue, and you will have to go through metal detectors and bag searches AGAIN. Allow plenty of time - when I attended, patrons were stranded in line for up to 20 minutes after the start of the concert.

Park at Fairview Community Church, corner of Fair and Fairview, enter off of Fair, $10, easy in and out and you won't get stuck in exit lines going one way. Short walk to fair entrance or concert venue

If you are going to the OC Fair, park at Fairview Community Church, corner of Fair and Fairview with parking lot entrance off of Fair. $10, easy in and easy out, no exit lines and you can go any way you need to go. It's just a short walk to the Fair or Concert Venue entrance!